20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes EDITOR'S NOTE — The United Nations adopted ...
Sierra Leone appealed on Wednesday for increased foreign investment, portraying itself as a country fast recovering from a brutal civil war, in a ...
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Prosecutors challenged former Liberian President Charles Taylor over the circumstances of his departure from power as they opened their cross-examination on Tuesday at the first war crimes trial of an African leader. Taylor, 61, denies all 11 charges ...
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Prosecutors at the U.N.-backed Sierra Leone court will start cross-examining Charles Taylor on Tuesday, challenging the former Liberian president on his denials of weapons trading in exchange for "blood diamonds." Taylor, 61, has denied all 11 charges of ...
The Miss World whirlwind whipped into London on Monday, with beauty queens from across the globe gathering to kick off the official countdown to next month's grand final in Johannesburg. The 2009 Miss World Festival brought together 120 national winners from countries ...
The Miss World whirlwind whipped into London on Monday, with beauty queens from across the globe gathering to kick off the official countdown to next month's grand final in Johannesburg. The 2009 Miss World Festival brought together 120 national winners from countries ...
Liberia's former president Charles Taylor on Thursday blamed an "intelligence plot" involving the British government for the fact that he is standing trial for war crimes charges in The Hague. "Everything that is being played out for your honours in this case ...
Eight former Sierra Leone rebels convicted of atrocities committed during the civil war will serve their prison terms in Rwanda, one of their leaders said on Saturday. Hassan Issa Sesay, a commander of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), told a local radio ...
Sierra Leone's UN-backed tribunal upheld Monday sentences of up to 52 years in prison for three former rebel leaders in its last ever judgement to be handed down in Freetown. Although the court accepted certain grounds for appeal by the defendants, the ...
Sierra Leone's UN-backed tribunal upheld Monday sentences of up to 52 years in prison for three former rebel leaders in its last ever judgement to be handed down in Freetown. Although the court accepted certain grounds for appeal by the defendants, the ...
Tribunal upholds sentences for 3 ex-Sierra Leone rebels convicted of crimes against humanity An international tribunal has upheld the sentences for three rebel leaders convicted of crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone. The appeals chamber on Monday upheld a 52-year sentence for ...
The war crimes court for Sierra Leone will on October 26 rule on the appeal of three former RUF rebel leaders convicted of overseeing a trail of rapes and killings, the court announced Wednesday. The appeals judgement against Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris ...
